F. W. Taylor: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

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John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood
Taylor & Francis, 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 416 pages
Following the volumes on Henri Fayol, this next mini-set in the series focuses on F.W. Taylor, the initiator of "scientific management". Taylor set out to transform what had previously been a crude art form in to a firm body of knowledge.
 

Contents

American education
11
NeoTaylorism in educational administration?
30
Scientific management theory as political ideology
75
Some anomalies in the deep history of U S public administration
101
Scientific management in the Army and Navy
113
Scientific management and the American planning experience
133
a critical analysis of General
166
Scientific management
179
An early account of scientific management as applied
226
women and the history
252
evidence from
273
Attitude of labor towards scientific management
287
The response of workers to scientific management
299
Assaultive violence in the U S post office
361
The effect of Japanese kaizen on employee motivation in U
380
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a dissenting view
194

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